Tuesday, November 25, 2014

When you are in the final lap of
marathon of life, there are a lot of ideas gained due to experience which you
would like to share. I am no exception, so here is what I want to share with
you all :

When you are feeling in dumps or
depressed, just visit big hospital to see what people are suffering or a home
of challenged persons or even slums. That will show you how well off you are.
To support my statement I am giving url of a site which you may visit –

Sunday, November 9, 2014

I am writing this with a very heavy
heart. Today I attended funeral of a dear friend of mine. He was about 10 years
younger to me.

I first met him in 1989 when we shifted
to house next to his in Delhi. He was in Army. We developed healthy
relationship. My wife got along with his wife as if they were childhood
friends. He had two daughters. Our children too bonded well. In 1991 he was
allotted house in Army complex. Though they shifted, we kept in close touch. He
was doing very well and had won a lot of awards. He was transferred to forward
area in 1993. His family continued staying in Delhi. He availed premature
retirement from Army in 1995 as his wife was not keeping too well. They settled
down in Delhi for her treatment and education of their daughters. We used to
meet as often as we could but kept in touch otherwise. Though he was getting pension, he took
up job to add on to his income to meet all commitments. Subsequently his
daughters were married. He had spent his entire saving and more for that. He
continued working to pay off his loans and to run house. He used to share his
worries with me but never accepted any financial help as he was confident of
taking care.

About 4 months ago he confided that
he was in little tight squeeze but was hopeful that with arrears from 01 Jan
2006 of his revised pension as per Supreme Court orders for the same i r o
retired defence officers he would come out of this. He expected these to be
given soon. He was looking under a lot of stress when I met him two weeks ago.
He told me that bureaucrats have been delaying grant of pending lawful arrears
on some pretext or the other and filing appeals in Supreme Court to that
effect. I offered to help him out but he having confidence in justice told that
he would wait for his arrears. I was not very happy with his worried looks.

I learnt from his wife that for the
last couple of days he was under a lot of tension. This seems to have caused
brain haemorrhage leading to his death.

This makes me ask who do we blame for
his untimely death? Why do bureaucrats delay grant of rightful dues? I am sure
that if any benefit is due to them, they will have it approved in a jiffy.

09:25:30 PM

About Me

63 years old grandfather who believes that children should be given their due. Have been more of a friend than father to my children and would keep the same for their children. Offer to show options to those youngsters who feel confused but they have to take their own decisions.
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